Daily Dothttp://www.dailydot.com/Daily Dot Articleen-usMon, 18 Mar 2013 22:00:31 +0000Reddit's Explain Like I'm 5 gets its own webserieshttp://www.dailydot.com/news/reddit-explain-like-im-5-webseries/<p><img src='//cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/55/6c/556ca0e5d3eba768dfaaae1125ee58a2.jpg'></p><p>
Finally, a subreddit is getting its own show.</p>
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<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive">r/explainlikeimfive</a>, the subreddit where users break down complicated subjects into terms a 5-year-old could understand, now has a dedicated webseries. It features two actors, Michael Kayne and Langan Kingsley, who explain the users&#39; favorite concepts to real-life 5-year-olds.</p>
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&quot;They&#39;re simultaneously hysterical and informative,&quot; r/explainlikeimfive moderator anonymous123421 said Monday, <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1aj39r/reddits_real_explain_like_im_five_sponsored_by/">announcing</a> the series.</p>
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The project already has three videos up, explaining the concepts behind about the conflict in Syria, the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, and the stock market.</p>
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<iframe class="youtube-player" frameborder="0" height="340" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BESug6rbi0A?rel=0" title="YouTube video player" type="text/html" width="600"></iframe></p>
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&quot;We at reddit HQ are big fans of /r/explainlikeimfive,&quot; posted Reddit general manager Erik Martin. He added:</p>
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[W]e always wondered what would happen if you actually tried to break down one of these complicated subjects and explain it to literal five-year-old. We used some of the top comments and metaphors in various ELIF threads on the different subjects as inspiration when writing the scripts.</p>
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Reddit being Reddit, plenty of users were peeved that some concepts were lost in the translation to the language of 5-year-olds.</p>
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&quot;Worst explanation of Socialism ever,&quot; user <a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/Dr_Dippy">Dr_Dippy</a> posted.</p>
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&quot;I appreciate the effort and production values, but the existentialism episode was horrible. That&#39;s not even close to what existentialism or Nietzsche&#39;s writings are about,&quot; complained <a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/Vesperals">Vesperals</a>.</p>
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<em>Screengrab via Reddit/</em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS1v3pn7440&amp;feature=youtu.be"><em>Youtube</em></a></p>
kcollier@dailydot.com (Kevin Collier)Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:00:31 +0000http://www.dailydot.com/news/reddit-explain-like-im-5-webseries/NewsReddit